640 So. 2d 12 - Ex Parte Register’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"[T]he evidence of the collateral offenses [involving Register's natural daughter, L.R.] was being offered [by the prosecution] to show that [Register] had a specific modus operandi or method in which he perpetrated the sexual offenses. However, the plan, scheme, or design exception is an extension of the identity exception. . . . Because identity was not at issue in this case, L.R.'s testimony was not admissible under the plan, scheme or design exception."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 680 So. 2d 225 - Ex Parte Register

2. “courts seem more willing to admit evidence of collateral acts when sex crimes are involved, [and a] number of decisions have . . . approved the introduction of evidence of the defendants' sexual activity with persons other than the victim in carnal knowledge, rape and incest cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 680 So. 2d 225 - Ex Parte Register

3. “if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 680 So. 2d 225 - Ex Parte Register